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- Music, Music Review Nov 10, 2020
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Chicago duo Cleared atomize their stark rock sound on The Key
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 5, 2019
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Catherine Lamb and Rebecca Lane explore liminal musical experiences with precision
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2018
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Singer-guitarist Haley Fohr hunts for a path forward with a colorful Hideout residency
Fohr's three freewheeling Wednesday shows feature guests such as Hamid Drake, Tim Kinsella, and Olivia Block, plus an eight-piece version of her Circuit des Yeux band.
- Music, Concert Preview Nov 2, 2018
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Drone Activity Chicago drowns out the noise of the city with an all-encompassing barrage of sound
- Music, Concert Preview May 25, 2018
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Julia Holter joins forces with the Chicago sound artist Olivia Block for a new work exploring sounds of nature
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2017
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Joe Biden’s American Promise Tour, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Andrew Bird at Fourth Presbyterian Church, and more goings-on about town the week of December 11-14.
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 8, 2017
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Sound artist and composer Olivia Block turns to the piano
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2017
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C2E2, an Earth Day celebration at Garfield Park Conservatory, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Olivia Block, Vintage Garage Chicago, and more happenings from April 21-23.
- Music, Concert Preview Apr 13, 2017
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Sound artist Olivia Block explores the infinite possibilities of the organ at Rockefeller Chapel
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2017
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This week’s Frequency Festival finds points of contact between classical, jazz, and the avant-garde
The concert series booked by the Reader's Peter Margasak throws its second annual six-day festival of boundary-erasing music.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2016
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How will ESS replace Lou Mallozzi?
The cofounder and executive director of Experimental Sound Studio is stepping down—and the rest of the staff is stepping up.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 20, 2016
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The Palace Film Festival hosts two days of experimental music and movies
Plus: Derrick Carter reissues Sweetened—No Lemon, and Louder Than a Bomb celebrates a new mixtape at Metro.
- Music, Music Feature Nov 5, 2015
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Turning Pritzker Pavilion into a second kind of art
Olivia Block's installation "Sonambient Pavilion" honors a neglected public sculpture by Harry Bertoia—and the untapped potential of Millennium Park's huge sound system.
- Film, Movie Feature Dec 3, 2014
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The Chicago Film Archives preserves midwest history one reel at a time
With two employees and vault in Pilsen, the CFA has been rescuing celluloid for a decade.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 7/31: Fiesta del Sol, Comedians Against Violence, and Neon Marshmallow
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, July 31.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 18, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Anatomy of Habit signs to Relapse
Plus: A mixed-media mixer from the Chicago Film Archives and a history lesson on house at Northwestern
- Music, Music Feature Dec 26, 2013
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Our favorite music of 2013
Six Reader writers, 12 months, 30 picks—and not one list that just rearranges the same records you'll see everywhere else
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Wed 3/6: CUFF, Samothrace, and Reading Under the Influence
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, March 6, 2013.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 20, 2012
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Best Experimental Album
Olivia Block & Greg Kelley, Resolution
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2011
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My favorite albums of 2011, numbers 30 through 21
Counting down my favorite albums of 2011: in this post, numbers 30 through 21, aka Nils Berg through Greg Kelley & Olivia Block.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2011
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Noise and experimental music on your Internet dial
You can listen to Saturday's Greg Kelley concert from anywhere thanks to a new Chicago Internet radio station called Numbers.FM.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2011
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This week on the B Side
Social listening, local Krautrock, Nigerian Beyonce, and more
- Music, In Rotation Oct 6, 2011
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In Rotation: Sound artist Olivia Block on Nollywood's Beyonce
Plus: Reader critic Peter Margasak on saxophonist Colin Stetson, Joseph Clayton Mills of Haptic on the return of Jeff Mangum, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2011
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Dancing Cinema and Sound at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Local sound artist Olivia Block collaborates with New York experimental filmmakers at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Thursday night.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2009
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Vinosonic’s Unusual Pairings
Experimental Sound Studio and In Fine Spirits team up to match sound-art pieces with wines.
